Category: News
Saving lives by seeing through the smoke
When a building is on fire, every second counts. It can mean life or death for trapped victims and no emergency responder wants to be slowed down because they can’t see through walls of smoke. But f [...]View
From lightning storm to scholar
TMOS is thrilled to announce that Shridhar Manjunath, PhD student at the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering and ARC centre of excellence TMOS, Research School of Physics, Australian Nation [...]View
TMOS researchers paving the way towards flatter and more energy efficient flat screens
TMOS researchers have developed a proof-of-concept technology that could pave the way for next-generation displays to supersede LCDs and LEDs, enabling screens and electronic devices to become thinner [...]View
Outreach @TMOS: A Story of Our School Workshop Program
Ever wondered what Outreach was? Think of it as a sort of partnership between schools, other educational systems and TMOS as an organisation. By making these connections, it helps us to bring our reso [...]View
New nanowire sensors are the next step in the Internet of Things
A new miniscule nitrogen dioxide sensor could help protect the environment from vehicle pollutants that cause lung disease and acid rain. [...]View
Meta-Optics: The disruptive technology you didn’t see coming
Robots and autonomous cars will have eyes that see much more than the human eye is capable of, a review of the growing field of meta-optics has found. [...]View
We Really Are Meta Together
TMOS launched in 2020, and in the last week of November, we gathered in-person as a whole group (almost!) for the very first time. The five TMOS nodes, along with collaborators from around the country [...]View
New 3D live hologram technology to save lives in field hospitals
3D holograms from your phone, television, or favourite droid have been promised for decades but despite being of great interest, have yet to materialize. The applications for them are far-reaching, pa [...]View
Optics meets optimism: Physics Nobel Laureate Professor Donna Strickland on lasers and life
Professor Donna Strickland is the 2018 Nobel Prize Winner for her role in creating the “laser hammer” in the 1980’s, which is the scientific basis for the technology that allows the ultra-precis [...]View
A quantum of physicists to take over the Murray Bridge
Some of the brightest minds in the international physics community will be descending on the Murray Bridge this Wednesday as the Bridgeport Hotel hosts Meta Together, the first annual conference of TM [...]View